Bill Clinton responds to protester who interrupted his rally calling him a rapist: 'That's what's wrong with American politics'

Bill Clinton campaigning
for his wife in Waterloo, Iowa, on October 12.ABC15/YouTube

Bill Clinton was at a rally campaigning for his wife, Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, in Iowa on Wednesday when a
protester shouted, "You're a rapist!"

Without missing a beat, the former president wove the man's
accusation into his speech:

"Give that guy a hand — they've had a very bad week in the Trump
campaign, and he feels bad. Give him a hand!" Clinton said as
the protester continued to shout. "The problem is, if you only
listen to one television station, and nobody ever tells you the
truth, you get like that."

"That's what's wrong with American politics," he added as the
crowd cheered and security escorted the man out. "I don't want
you to treat them the way they treat you."

Jezebel reported that the website InfoWars is offering
thousands of dollars to people who interrupt Democratic rallies
by saying "Bill Clinton is a rapist" and/or being seen wearing a
shirt the website is selling accusing the former president of the
same thing.

At the rally on Wednesday, Bill Clinton pivoted after the
interruption to say Americans should be brought together:

"But they're part of our America, too. And we need them — we need
them thinking and working and looking forward to the future and
not being gripped by road rage every day when they wake up in the
morning and think all their tomorrows are going to be like
yesterday. So they fall for somebody who's great at rubbing salt
in their wounds. Hillary's great at fixing their wounds, standing
them up, and saying, 'Let's go into the future together!'"

Watch the exchange below, which begins at 6:07:

h/t Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Epstein

Reminder that these people are at least in part doing this because they've been offered money for interrupting Clinton events